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I'm pretty ambivalent about everything but the usb ports. I get they its an overloaded standard and probably needs a replacement, but its a lot to give up in the name of progress...
The hard fact is that there's still a LOT of usb devices out there. Even one USB port would greatly alleviate the pain. If they don't include a usbc->usb+hdmi adapter in the box, it's going to be extremely painful for users with workstations who find out that their peripherals don't work.
I LOVE Apple products! I treasure Iphone and it's safe and fun ecosysten. I love the simplicity of OSX. I love the professional appearance of a Macbook Pro... as a user. Or as an observer even. Because professionally, I've been on Windows, Linux and Android for years. And with Windows where it's at now, I've never been more productive. Just can't seem to get that across to my Apple-friends and Apple-coworkers.
Any recommendation for a MacBook Pro equivalent running Windows? One reason I'm stuck with Mac is the need to use it for iOS app development.
I LOVE Apple products! I treasure Iphone and it's safe and fun ecosysten. I love the simplicity of OSX. I love the professional appearance of a Macbook Pro... as a user. Or as an observer even. Because professionally, I've been on Windows, Linux and Android for years. And with Windows where it's at now, I've never been more productive. Just can't seem to get that across to my Apple-friends and Apple-coworkers.
Any recommendation for a MacBook Pro equivalent running Windows? One reason I'm stuck with Mac is the need to use it for iOS app development.
I think there are a lot of legit complaints about the new announcements and lack of improvements, but this post seems pretty weak. Fn keys aren't really gone, they're just present in another form (the touch bar). The other complaint is just about ports. It's not so hard to have a dongle that has these ports, and just plugs into the new one. Sure, a little annoying, but it doesn't exactly kill your workflow.
> The other complaint is just about ports. It's not so hard to have a dongle that has these ports And the keikaku[0] is quite obviously to provide incentive for accessory manufacturers to build type-c native stuff, and eventually have an all-type-c ecosystem and little to no need for "dongles" (which incidentally should mostly be basic cables) [0] keikaku means plan
As a professional software dev/system architect using MacBook Pro's, I am excited about the new MacBook Pro. I'll miss the SD card for my amateur photography, but I'll live. It's still got the 3.5mm for my headphones, with USB-C hopefully daisy chaining non Apple displays will finally become a reality, and thankfully my work has upgraded to using wireless technology for displaying screens in conference rooms (which w…
I was kind of hoping for an iMac update too. Not anything important , but move it to USB-C so it's in line.
> function keys, MagSafe, HDMI, SD Card AND the Escape key I'm an HDMI guy too, SD cards are great, and MagSafe has saved my bacon more than once. But the function keys are being transformed into something a bit more interactive and app-specific, and if you need Escape in a terminal emulator, Ctrl-] has been around just about forever. I think Apple's doing something new and interesting with function keys. (But I agre…
Same thing people said when they went all-in on USB 1.0. It will be rough for some people for a while but the new port has some obvious benefits. In two years everyone will take it for granted that most new laptops/desktops come with at least some USB C ports.
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Fine, maxxed out except 1TB instead of 2TB SSD and the total is €4.039. The bump up/down from 2TB to 1TB is "only" €960. Also sales tax isn't dishonest. I have to pay it to buy the machine!! This is a ton more money than what maxxed out macbook pros were around 2013 in €, and to be honest the total package feels like a downgrade.
> Also sales tax isn't dishonest. I didn't say sales tax was dishonest, I said converting back a tax included price into USD was, and explained why. Aside from US sales tax being much lower than european ones (as low as 0%) US prices are pretty much always displayed without taxes, so you're making the machine look 20% more expensive than it actually is as far as american viewers understand it. A fair quote would have…
Feature-wise, it feels like the 2013 device is worth the 2016 price and the 2016 device is worth the 2013 price.
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I was kind of hoping for an iMac update too. Not anything important , but move it to USB-C so it's in line.
Surface Studio perhaps? ;)